This morning my daughter greeted me with, “Mom, I
have bad news”! I was very calm and said, “What is it”? She said, her
Mother-in-law said, “If you are going to continue to stay here, she would like
you to pay rent”. I said, “Ok, that is more than fair, and that is not bad
news! To be honest, I should be helping out anyway”.
I commented, “I hope she realizes I am not working,
but I am looking for work and I do want to make sure I am paying the rent they request”.
Then I said, “My son-in-law will need to be looking for something better also.
She quickly interrupted me and said, “Mom, I just heard from God, that he is
their son and because he is their son, they do not mind carrying his weight for
rent, but you are not. Grant it, they are being nice because you are my
Mother”.
One, before God has been doing a new thing in me
(changing me from Glory to Glory), I would have made up every excuse there was
to defend myself; and I would have reacted out of anger instead of love! Two, out of anger, I
would have done something irrational and caused
harm to come to my way - - just by being in disagreement! So God was convicting
me anyway, before we had this conversation as well as building character in me
to come up higher, be better, and truly act in love!
I was substituting teaching and chose not to go
back. I have been with my daughter and son-in-law since July; which started out
as staying here for a week to water the plants and get out of the transitional
home I was staying in for a week; ended up a longer stay than I had
anticipated; along with being unemployed. In addition, I came to their place
with a severe allergic reaction to something in the transistional home that caused my face,
arms and hands to be swollen beyond recognition. Yes, it took a while to heal,
and there were two times, the facial swelling came back; whereas, the
medications had to be filled twice. But, that is not a crutch I need to lean on
to get better and be better.
How many of us sincerely want a close relationship
with Jesus Christ, but are not willing to deny ourselves and pick up our cross!
I know it’s taken me awhile, and I know there is still work to be done in me;
but as the saying goes, “I’m not where I
want to be, but Thank God, I’m not where I used to be!
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